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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [0/4] [2.6 patch] better i386 CPU selection
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:24:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030913222443.GN27368@fs.tum.de> (raw)

The patch is now splitted into the following four patches:

[1/4]
- changed the i386 CPU selection from a choice to single options for
  every cpu
- renamed the M* variables to CPU_*, this is needed to ask the users
  upgrading from older kernels instead of silently changing the
  semantics
- X86_GOOD_APIC -> X86_BAD_APIC
- AMD Elan is a different subarch, you can't configure a kernel that
  runs on both the AMD Elan and other i386 CPUs
- added optimizing CFLAGS for the AMD Elan
- gcc 2.95 supports -march=k6 (no need for check_gcc)
- help text changes/updates

[2/4]
move "struct movsl_mask movsl_mask" to usercopy.c 
(CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY is used on non-Intel CPUs)

[3/4]
- made arch/i386/kernel/cpu/Makefile CPU specific

[4/4]
- made arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/Makefile CPU specific

Dependencies between these patches:
- patch 3 requires 1+2
- patch 4 requires 1

The main part is patch 1.

Patch 2 fixes a small issue that only shows up with patch 3.

Patches 3+4 add some space optimizations by omitting unneeded code. They 
are _not_ required, the main part is patch 1.


TODO:
- which CPUs exactly need X86_ALIGNMENT_16?
- change include/asm-i386/module.h to use some kind of bitmask


cu
Adrian

             reply	other threads:[~2003-09-13 22:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-13 22:24 Adrian Bunk [this message]
2003-09-13 22:26 ` [1/4] [2.6 patch] better i386 CPU selection Adrian Bunk
2003-09-15  6:46   ` Michael Neuffer
2003-09-15  6:52     ` Adrian Bunk
2003-09-15  7:02       ` Michael Neuffer
2003-09-13 22:27 ` [2/4] " Adrian Bunk
2003-09-13 22:28 ` [3/4] " Adrian Bunk
2003-09-13 22:29 ` [4/4] " Adrian Bunk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-09-25 18:02 [0/4] " Adrian Bunk
2003-09-26 22:38 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-09-26 22:47   ` Adrian Bunk

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